\Bate\, n. [Prob. abbrev. from debate.]
Strife; contention. [Obs.] --Shak.

\Bate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bating}.] [From abate.]
1. To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to
   abate; to beat down; to lower.
         He must either bate the laborer's wages, or not
         employ or not pay him.                --Locke.
2. To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
         To whom he bates nothing or what he stood upon with
         the parliament.                       --South.
3. To leave out; to except. [Obs.]
         Bate me the king, and, be he flesh and blood. He
         lies that says it.                    --Beau. & Fl.
4. To remove. [Obs.]
         About autumn bate the earth from about the roots of
         olives, and lay them bare.            --Holland.
5. To deprive of. [Obs.]
         When baseness is exalted, do not bate The place its
         honor for the person's sake.          --Herbert.

\Bate\, v. i.
1. To remit or retrench a part; -- with of.
         Abate thy speed, and I will bate of mine. --Dryden.
2. To waste away. [Obs.] --Shak.

\Bate\, v. t.
To attack; to bait. [Obs.] --Spenser.

\Bate\,
imp. of {Bite}. [Obs.] --Spenser.

\Bate\, v. i. [F. battre des ailes to flutter. Cf. {Bait}
to flutter.]
To flutter as a hawk; to bait. [Obs.] --Bacon.

\Bate\, n. (Jewish Antiq.)
See 2d {Bath}.

\Bate\, n. [Cf. Sw. beta maceration, soaking, G. beize, and
E. bite.]
An alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain
animals; -- employed in the preparation of hides; grainer.
--Knight.

\Bate\, v. t.
To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather.